A Look Back: Johns Hopkins jumped out to a 28-0 halftime lead and never looked back in a 42-7 win at Ursinus last Saturday.
F&M had a five-game winning streak snapped as the Diplomats dropped a 20-10 decision at Susquehanna.

Poll Position: Johns Hopkins is ranked seventh in this week's AFCA Division III Poll, ninth in the D3football.com Poll and second in the NCAA South Region Rankings, which were issued for the first time this season on Wednesday, November 2. Franklin & Marshall is not ranked in either poll.

Oh Captain, My Captain: Johns Hopkins will be led this season by senior co-captains Jack Campbell, Jonathan Germano, Bradley Munday and Jack Toner.

State of Affairs: The 87-man Johns Hopkins football team includes players from 19 different states.

The Race for the Boot: The race for the Centennial Conference championship and possession of the championship "boot" enters the final two weeks of the season with three teams - Johns Hopkins, Muhlenberg and Franklin & Marshall - all still in contention for at least a share of the title.
Below is a look at each team's prospects entering the last two games of the season:

Johns Hopkins - The Blue Jays earn no worse than a share of the title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs with a win in either of the final two games. A sweep, or one win and one Muhlenberg loss, gives JHU the outright title.

Muhlenberg - The Mules grab the title outright and the CC's automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs with two wins coupled with two JHU losses. The Mules get a share of the title with two wins and one JHU win in its final two games.

Franklin & Marshall - The Diplomats get a share of the title with two wins, two losses by JHU and at least one loss by Muhlenberg. Two F&M wins and two losses by both JHU and Muhlenberg give F&M the automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs.

Record-Breaking: The recent 54-14 win against Gettysburg was the 34th consecutive Centennial Conference victory for Johns Hopkins, a mark JHU pushed to 35 straight with last week's 42-7 win at Ursinus.
The 35 consecutive CC victories breaks the previous league record (33), which was set by then Western Maryland (now McDaniel) from 1997-2001.
Ironically, the 33-game run for the Green Terror was snapped with a stunning 21-14 loss to Johns Hopkins in the 2001 season finale. Western Maryland entered that game ranked ninth in the nation and that remains the highest ranked team ever beaten by Johns Hopkins.
There have been three winning streaks of 20 or more games in Centennial Conference games with Johns Hopkins boasting two of the three. Below is a look at the CC winning streaks of 20 or more games:

35 - Johns Hopkins (Current)
33 - McDaniel (1997-2001)
20 - Johns Hopkins (2010-12)

35-Game Run Nation's Second Longest: Johns Hopkins' current 35-game conference winning streak is the second longest active league winning streak in all divisions of the NCAA. In fact, the 35-game run is one of just four current conference winning streaks of 20 or more games. Below is a look at the only four active conference winning streaks of 20 games or longer.

103 - Mount Union (Division III)
35 - Johns Hopkins (Division III)
25 - NW Missouri St. (Division II)
21 - Jacksonville St. (FCS)

Road Warriors: Including the recent win at Ursinus, Johns Hopkins has won 19 consecutive regular season road games. The Blue Jays last dropped a game on the road in the regular season on November 3, 2012 at Franklin & Marshall.

More Road Warriors: Johns Hopkins has won nine straight road games dating back to the start of 2015 season. The nine-game road winning streak is tied for the third-longest in school history and is tied for the second-longest active road winning streak in Division III.

Flipping to October: The win last week at Ursinus pushed Hopkins' winning streak in the month of October to 23 games dating back to a 26-17 loss at Ursinus on October 16, 2010.
Ironically, the Blue Jays were just 10-8 in their previous 18 games in the month of October before jump-starting the current 20-game run with a 49-24 win at Susquehanna on October 23, 2010.

November Reign: Entering this week's game at Franklin & Marshall, Johns Hopkins is 18-1 in its last 19 regular season games in the month of November dating back to 2008. Including the post-season, the Blue Jays are 24-7 in their last 31 games in November (also dating to 2008).

More November: Johns Hopkins is 14-2 in its last 16 regular season road games in the month of November (dating back to the 2000 season).

A Final November: Johns Hopkins is 17-1 in its last 18 regular season home games in the month of November. Since the start of the 2001 season, JHU's only loss at home in the regular season in November came in 2007, when F&M took a 19-11 decision.

Successful at Home and Away: Since the start of the 2001 season, Johns Hopkins has played exactly 174 games and has posted a remarkable 137-37 record. Even more remarkable? Those 174 games are split almost exactly in half with 88 home games and 86 road games. Still more remarkable? Johns Hopkins is 69-19 (.784) at home and 68-18 (.791) on the road during that time.

Offense Among Nation's, Centennial's Best: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game at Franklin & Marshall averaging 42.2 points and 516.5 yards per game.
The Blue Jays rank first in the Centennial Conference in both categories and 18th in the nation in scoring offense and 11th in total offense.

More Offense: Johns Hopkins has ...
• Scored at least 28 points in a school-record 20 consecutive games dating back to the start of last season.
• Totaled 400 or more yards in a school-record 16 consecutive games dating back to last season.

A Final Offense: Johns Hopkins rolled up 500 yards in the season-opening victory against Washington & Lee, 555 at Susquehanna, 529 vs. Juniata, 512 at Dickinson, 526 vs. Gettysburg and 598 at Ursinus.
The 500-yard effort vs. W&L marked just the fourth time in school history that JHU has reached the 500-yard mark in a season-opener ... all four instances have come in the last five seasons.
For the record, the 598-yard effort at Ursinus was also the 46th 500-yard game in school history - Johns Hopkins is now 45-1 all-time when totaling 500 or more yards of offense.

Quick Starts: Johns Hopkins has had 56 combined possessions in the first half of its eight games thus far. Of those 56, 28 have ended with touchdowns and seven others with a field goal. In other words, Hopkins has scored on 62.5% of its first-half possessions this season (35-of-56). In the last four games (wins over Juniata, Dickinson, Gettysburg and Ursinus), JHU has had 30 first-half possesions and has 18 touchdowns and two field goals on those 30 (66.7% scoring).

Balancing Act: Johns Hopkins rang up 246 yards rushing and 283 yards passing to account for its 529-yard effort against Juniata, added 213 yards rushing and 299 yards passing at Dickinson and 206 yards rushing and 320 passing against Gettysburg. These marked the 50th, 51st and 52nd times in school history that JHU has topped 200 yards rushing and passing in the same game; 31 of the 52 have come since the start of the 2008 season and the Blue Jays are now 50-2 when going over 200 yards rushing and passing in one game.

More Balance: The 206-yard rushing/320-yard passing effort against Gettysburg marked just the eighth time in school history that Johns Hopkins has rushed for more than 200 yards and passed for more than 300 yards in one game. Seven of the eight have come since the start of the 2010 season and all eight have come under the direction of head coach Jim Margraff.

It's Been a While: Johns Hopkins produced a 300-yard passer (Jonathan Germano - 332), a 100-yard rusher (Ryan Cary - 100) and two 100-yard receivers (Brett Caggiano - 155, Bradley Munday - 103) in the win at Muhlenberg earlier this season. This marked the first time since October 4, 2008 that Johns Hopkins has turned this trick. That day, in a 28-23 loss to then fifth-ranked Muhlenberg, the Blue Jays got 387 yards passing from Hewitt Tomlin, 128 yards rushing from Andrew Kase and both Sam Wernick (205) and Tucker Michels (108) went over 100 yards receiving.

Germano Among Career Leaders: Senior Jonathan Germano fueled the win at Ursinus with one of the top individual passing performances in school history. Germano was 21-of-35 for a career-high 443 yards and a personal-best six touchdowns against two INTs against UC His 443 yards are tied for the fourth-highest single-game total in JHU history, while his six TDs are one shy of the JHU single-game record.
On the year, he is now 173-of-270 for 2,239 yards with 20 touchdowns against 11 interceptions. He has also rushed for 265 yards and four touchdowns.
With his recent efforts, Germano now ranks in the top 10 in school history in nearly every career passing category. Germano ranks second in TD passes (55), third in 200-yard passing games (14), sixth in yards (5,269), seventh in completions (399) and eighth in attempts (597). He also ranks second in 300-yard passing games (6).
Germano tied the Johns Hopkins single-game record for attempts (53) in the win over Moravian, while his 34 completions that day rank third in school history.
Most impressively, Germano is now 19-1 (.950) in his career as the Blue Jays' starting quarterback.

Germano, Baker Fuel Fourth-Best Passing Game in School History: Senior Jonathan Germano and sophomore Zack Baker combined to throw for 479 yards in the win at Ursinus. The 479 yards rank as the fourth-best single-game team total in school history. It was also just the seventh time that Johns Hopkins has topped 400 passing yards in one game and the first time since a 418-yard effort at Juniata in 2013.

Baker Sets School Record: Sophomore Zack Baker extended his streak of consecutive completions to a school-record 27 before misfiring on his first two attempts against Gettysburg. Baker, whose streak extended back to last season, is now 37-of-42 (.881) on the year for 340 yards with one touchdown and one interception; he has also rushed 10 times for 44 yards and one touchdown.
The 27 consecutive completions fell two shy of the Division III national record. The record of 29 was set over a two-game span by Chris Edwards of Washington & Jefferson in 2005.

Cary Tops 1,000: Junior running back Ryan Cary recently became the 26th player in school history to reach 1,000 career rushing yards as his 102-yard effort against Gettysburg pushed his career total to 1,096 - a mark he increased to 1,167 against Ursinus. It was also Cary's fourth 100-yard game of the season.
Cary enters this week's game at Franklin & Marshall ranked third in the Centennial Conference in rushing yards per game (95.8), fourth in all-purpose yards per game (133.0) and second in overall touchdowns (13) and points per game (9.8).
Cary, who rushed for 100 yards and one touchdown in the big win at Muhlenberg, enjoyed the finest game of his career against Washington & Lee in the season opener as he rushed 20 times for a career-high 158 yards and three touchdowns and added three receptions for 69 yards and another score to roll up a personal-best 227 yards of total offense.
Cary's four overall touchdowns tied the Johns Hopkins single-game record, while his 158 yards are the second most in a season opener in school history.

200-100: Senior wide receiviers Bradley Munday and Quinn Donaldson rank among the all-time leading receivers in school history in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown receptions.
Munday, who set a school record with 16 receptions against Moravian in September, ranks third in school history in receptions (235), fourth in touchdown receptions (23) and fifth in receiving yards (2,675).
Donaldson ranks 12th in receptions (121), 11th in receiving yards (1,958) and tied for fifth in touchdown receptions (22). Munday and Donaldson are the first classmates in school history to top 100 career receptions.

Topping 4K: Seniors Bradley Munday (2,675) and Quinn Donaldson (1,958) topped 4,000 combined career receiving yards in the win at Muhlenberg and boosted their career combined total to 4,633 in the win at Ursinus. The Johns Hopkins record for most combined receiving yards by two players in the same class is 4,797, a total that College Football Hall of Famer Bill Stromberg (3,776) and Jack Potthast (1,021) combined for from 1978-81.

Toner Now Second in Interceptions: Senior Jack Toner continued his climb on the all-time interceptions list at Johns Hopkins with two more at Dickinson. Toner's two picks against the Red Devils boost his career total to 16, which ties him with Matt Campbell (2001-04) for second place on Johns Hopkins' career INT list. In addition, his six interceptions this season match his total from a year ago and are just two shy of the JHU single-season record.

Seniors Leading Defense: A quick look at the Blue Jay defensive statistics shows five seniors at the top of the tackle chart. Jack Campbell (75), Garrett Spek (69), Dan Johnson (53), Pat Runger (39) and Jack Toner (37) are the only five players on the team with 37 or more tackles on the year.
Three of the next four players on the list - Michael Munday (36), Keonte Henson (35) and Lance Hammond (21) - are all juniors, while senior Kyle Bonci (21) and sophomore Michael Curry (20) join the list of 10 players on the team with 20 or more tackles on the year.

Defensive Milestone Watch: The Johns Hopkins defense has several players closing in on milestones entering this week's game at Franklin & Marshall and others who recently reached a milestone. Below is a quick look at some of these marks.

Kyle Bonci - Needs eight tackles to reach 75 in his career / Recorded the 10th sack of his career vs. Gettysburg
Jack Campbell - Recorded the 250th tackle of his career at Ursinus
Lance Hammond - Needs five tackles to reach 100 in his career
Keonte Henson - Recorded the 100th tackle of his career at Dickinson
Dan Johnson - Recorded the 150th tackle of his career vs. Gettysburg
Michael Munday - Recorded the 50th tackle of his career vs. Juniata
Pat Runger - Needs six tackles to reach 100 in his career
Garrett Spek - Needs 10 tackles to reach 150 in his career
Jack Toner - Needs five tackles to reach 175 in his career / Needs four INTs to tie JHU career record (20)

Sullivan Good From 50, Sharing PK Job With Campbell: Junior Jamie Sullivan hit a 50-yard field goal in the 29-21 win against Moravian. The kick is the third longest in school history and one of just six field goals of 50+ yards in Centennial Conference history.
Sullivan and senior Nick Campbell are sharing the place-kicking job and give the Blue Jays two experienced options here.
Sullivan hit two field goals against Moravian, three more in the 30-24 win at Muhlenberg and one each against Juniata, Dickinson and Gettysburg and is now 8-for-10 on the year on FGs and 28-for-29 on extra points. For his career, he is 17-for-22 on FGs and 94-for-97 on extra points. He is tied for fifth in school history in career field goals and fifth in career points by a kicker (141).
Campbell has hit 4-of-6 field goal attempts this seson and is 14-for-14 on extra points as well. In his career, he has hit 21-of-30 field goals and 141-of-135 extra points to rank fourth in school history in career field goals and third in career points by a kicker (194).

Sudden Impact: Freshman Dane Rogerson is quickly becoming a difference-maker for the Blue Jays and enjoyed the finest game of his career in the 45-10 win at Dickinson, when he rushed five times for 44 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown to open the scoring, and added three kickoff returns for 92 yards, including a long of 40 yards; his 136 all-purpose yards are a career high. He followed that with six rushes for 16 yards and one TD and two kickoff returns for 92 yards against Gettysburg; he had a career-long 63-yard KOR against the Bullets.
On the year, Rogerson has rushed 22 times for 121 yards (5.5/rush) and two touchdowns and has 12 kickoff returns for 343 yards (28.6/return). He ranks second in the Centennial Conference in kickoff return average.

JHU Ties Victory Record: Johns Hopkins tied the school record for wins in a season with its 11 last season. The Blue Jays first won 11 games in a season in 2014 after winning 10 in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Centennial Conference Champions: Johns Hopkins claimed its record 11th Centennial Conference title last season with all 11 championships coming since 2002. JHU's 11 CC titles are two more than Dickinson and Muhlenberg have accumulated. Even more impressive? Hopkins was the last team in the league to win its first title (2002), but the first to get to 10 championships.

One of Four: Including this week's poll, Johns Hopkins is one of just four teams in the nation to be ranked in the top 20 by the AFCA every week since the start of the 2012 season. The others are Mount Union, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Linfield.

Margraff Holds State Record: Johns Hopkins head coach Jim Margraff became the winningest college football coach in Maryland state history with a 42-14 win at Ursinus late in the 2014 season as that gave him 175 career victories, a mark he upped to 197 with last week's win at Ursinus. Margraff now sports a career record of 197-84-3 (.699) entering this week's game against Franklin & Marshall.

On a Roll: Johns Hopkins is 61-1 in its last 62 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season. The only team to top the Blue Jays duirng that run? Franklin & Marshall, which topped the Blue Jays, 14-12, in 2012.

On A Roll, Part II: Johns Hopkins is 65-6 in its last 71 games overall since late in the 2010 season.

Sustained Success: Since the start of the 2002 season the Blue Jays sport a 131-34 (.794) record. Taking it back farther, the Blue Jays are 137-37 (.787) since the start of the 2001 season and 142-42 (.772) since the beginning of the 2000 season.

Seven's Heaven: Since the beginning of the 2003 season the Blue Jays are 122-25 (.830) when scoring more than seven points and 0-7 when they have been held to seven points or less.

At Home at Homewood: Johns Hopkins has parlayed its home field advantage into victories in recent years. In fact, the Blue Jays are 30-4 (.882) in the home blacks since the start of the 2010 season.

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